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A great economic depression was sweeping the United States and the American workers, and the artists too, had their own troubles to worry about. Wages were being slashed, strikes were taking place everywhere. Strong men were selling apples on street corners. The young artist who depended on his hands to eat was catapulted violently from the heights of his ivory tower into the whirlpool of suffering humanity. There was absolutely no private patronage.
The crash of the stock market in 1929 initiated a chain of events that crippled the American art scene. As money from private patrons and museums evaporated, artists joined the nation's staggering number of unemployed workers. Beginning in 1933, government–sponsored art programs provided work relief for artists, employing them as muralists, painters, sculptors, art educators, and researchers. It was a decade of social change that accelerated the rise of unions and spirited art organizations.
The toils and triumphs of a wide range of individual artists and art organizations—documented in letters, photographs, journals, business records, and oral history interviews at the Archives of American Art—reveal how American artists survived against the odds.
Edward Bruce, Washington, D.C. letter to Olive Rush, Santa Fe, N.M.
Lewis Rubenstein's sketchbook documenting a hunger march to Washington, D.C.
William E.L. Bunn painting a mural for a post office in Minden, Neb.


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Nathan, Harry Louis, Baron
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NATHAN, HARRY LOUIS, BARON (1889–1963), English lawyer and politician. Born in London, the son of a fine arts publisher, Nathan was educated at St. Paul's school before becoming a solicitor. He fought in Gallipoli, Egypt, and France during World War i. In the 1920s he became legal advisor to the British Zionist Organization and to many Jewish bodies in Palestine. From 1929 to 1934 he was a Liberal member of Parliament and then switched and was a Labour member of Parliament from 1934 to 1935 and from 1937 to 1940. Following the outbreak of World War ii Nathan became chairman of the National Defense Public Interest Committee. He was elevated to the House of Lords in 1940 as Baron Nathan and from 1946 to 1948 was minister of civil aviation in the postwar Labour government. Later he was departmental chairman of the governmental committee on the law of customs and excise and chairman of the governmental committee to investigate the law and practice of charitable trusts, which led to a new act. Lord Nathan was an active figure in Jewish communal affairs as a member of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, and president of the European Committee of the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth *Maccabiah. He was also prominent in national civic affairs as chairman of the Royal Geographical Society and of the Royal Society of Arts. Lord Nathan wrote Medical Negligence (1957) and The Charities Act, 1960 (1962). His wife, eleanor (Stettauer; 1892–1972), was the second female chairperson of the London County Council in 1947–48.
H.M. Hyde, Strong for Service: The Life of Lord Nathan of Churt (1968). add. bibliography: odnb online.
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I became entirely sure the vaguely Hitchcockian nuance of The Two Faces of January was intentional about half way through, when the music underscoring a love scene becomes distinctly over zealous and orchestral in tone. It owes other things to the master of suspense as well, there are mcguffins aplenty, a simple story layered with sensational complexity and a look that makes the most of its romantic, fallen grandiose settings. Where it departs from the Hitchcock vein though is in its characterizations, there is real depth here backed up with a sort of realism the Hitch frequently put aside in the name of an exciting story. Indeed, it is personal drama on a grand scale, the small cast of characters lives entwining at the behest of a series of events both within, and beyond their control. Subtlety is king though, and this is what really sets the film apart. What makes it feel so much more like its straight out of the classics file is the way in which a look, a drink choice, a misplaced word can change everything, or nothing. It's just like a Hitchcock movie, and that's not a bad thing at all.
Film Review Hitchcock The Two Faces of January


Our Student Chaplains recently enjoyed a hike at Purlingbrook Falls in the Gold Coast Hinterland with Mr Moore, Mr Mattner and Miss Young. It was a beautiful day and as the trail wound its way down to the base of the falls and then on to a waterhole, there was plenty of relaxed chatter among the group. At the waterhole everyone sat together for a lunch and a short devotional and conversation.
This year at the College a key focus of chaplaincy is mentoring those who are younger than us. Chaplain Mr Moore said "it was great spending quality time with students in God's creation...what better way to spend a Saturday morning than investing in our young people!" Both students and staff were heard saying "we should do this more often!" on the way back to the College. A big thank you to our teachers for taking time out of their weekend to invest in our Student Chaplains.


It is a very rare day when I find myself on the same side as the ACLU but I believe in giving credit where credit is due and I applaud their efforts in this case.
Please take time to read this sobering article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune about how the ACLU is challenging an Islamic public school in Minneapolis...and how the [moderate] Muslims supporting this school are responding with intimidation. See also Jihad Watch.
If this were a private school I would say that they have a right to do what they want within reason. So to, the parents have a right to move their students to another school if this school doesn't meet their expectations. However, since this is a publicly-funded school the tax payers have a right to say what happens to this school.


Prof. Sylvester James Gates, Jr. was educated at MIT receiving two B.S. degrees (1973, math, 1973, physics) and a Ph.D. (1977, physics) having written MIT's first thesis on "supersymmetry," an important topic in modern fundamental theoretical physics. In 1977 he began his research career in mathematical physics Working actively since.In 1989, he became the first John S. Toll Professor of Physics and has authored or co-authored over 160 research papers published in scientific journals, co-authored one book and contributed numerous articles in others.
A fellow of scientific societies (American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society and National Society of Black Physicists), he is the recipient of honorary doctoral degrees from Georgetown and Loyola/Chicago universities. Dr. Gates has served as a consultant for U.S. government agencies (National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Department of Defense), corporations (Educational Testing Service, Time-Life Books) and speaks nationally and internationally to diverse audiences on issues of education, development, diversity, research, and physics. This includes a White House commentary before President Clinton and audience.
He has served on numerous committees within his department and college during his career on campus. In 1989, Gates served as the co-author of the campus report "Access is Not Enough" to the UMCP president. Dr. Gates was a member of the 150th Anniversary Planning Committee, the campus Research Committee, the faculty senate, the senate executive committee and the chair of the senate PCC committee. He has been the recipient of UMCP awards as a 2002 Distinguished Scholar- Teacher, 2003 Ethnic Minority Achievement Award, and 2004 University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents' Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring.


leg cramps, hair loss Would it be better to take Lisinopril?
I have seen a significant loss of hair after about three months. I went to my dermatologist and told her that I feel that it is from Solodyn and she sent me to have blood work done thinking I may be anemic or I have a thyroid problem.


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Posted by admin in activity reports, Colombia, eruptions, natural hazards, Nevado del Huila.
Special report on the activity of the volcano Nevado del Huila, 21 November 2008, 6:30pm.
– Seismic activity over the last fifteen hours continues at low levels, with an average occurrence of 5 events per hour.
– The formation of a crater in the south-western sector of Pico Central of approximately 400m diameter, containing within it a magmatic body in the form of a dome, which is currently showing continual degassing from the surface, with gas columns that do not exceed 2000m in height.
– At the time of the eruption part of the hot material that came to the surface came into interaction with the glaciated layer of the surrounding area to form a flood of material what was initially channeled through the Bellavista stream and subsequently flowed through the Páez river.
– Ash deposits on the upper part of the volcanic edifice have covered most of the western sector of Pico Central and Pico Sur.
– There have been reports of falls of ash and sulphur odours in the towns of Corinto, Toribío and Páez.
INGEOMINAS will continue to remain alert to the development of the present process and in particular the evolution of the lava dome that is located on the surface, and will report in a timely manner the changes that may occur.
The Colombian newspaper El País has a vivid report today on Nevado del Huila's impact on Belalcázar, the municipality most affected by the eruption.
The force of the avalanche that descended the Páez river following the eruption of the volcano Nevado del Huila has left desolation in the region … The crops of cocoa, coffee, orange and tangerine which were planted over recent weeks have been destroyed by the lava that erupted from Nevado … People who have escaped the area on foot say that the fury of the Páez river destroyed at least six road bridges. Also, that the anger of the river was such that it swept along trees, cows and pigs, and that the level of the water was at least 40 metres above normal and left its mark along the valley of the Páez.
Belalcázar, one of the towns most affected by the anger unleashed by the mountain, is totally cut off. From the first creaks of the volcano, power and water services were disconnected. Thus, as almost always happens, the four thousand inhabitants of the urban area had to escape in the midst of darkness.
More news on this eruption and its aftermath later. In the meantime, for all our Nevado del Huila coverage: Nevado del Huila « The Volcanism Blog.


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1/ The Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Biden administration's plans to end a Trump-era immigration policy used to quickly expel millions of asylum seekers at the southern border. In November, a federal judge ruled that Title 42 was unlawful, and scheduled the policy to expire on Dec. 21. The Supreme Court, however, paused that ruling, and said the policy would remain in place while a legal challenge by 19 Republican state attorneys general played out. Title 42 has been used to expel about 2.5 million migrants since being implemented in March 2020. (Washington Post / Politico / NPR / Associated Press / NBC News / New York Times / CNN)
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Kolcraft Agrees to $400,000 Civil Penalty, Significant Internal Compliance Improvements for Failure to Report Defective Play Yards
Release number: 13-136
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Kolcraft Enterprises Inc., of Chicago, has agreed to pay a civil penalty in the amount of $400,000.
The penalty agreement has been accepted provisionally by the Commission in a 2-1 vote. Commissioner Nord voted to provisionally accept the agreement as originally drafted. Chairman Tenenbaum and Commissioner Adler voted to provisionally accept the agreement with amendments which were included in the final agreement.
In addition to paying a monetary penalty, Kolcraft agrees to implement robust changes to its internal control and compliance systems. Specifically, Kolcraft agrees to:
maintain and enforce a system of internal controls and procedures to ensure that the company promptly and accurately reports required information about its products to CPSC;
give CPSC staff written documentation of its improvements, processes, and controls related to its reporting procedures upon request;
and establish an effective program to ensure it remains in compliance with safety statutes and regulations enforced by CPSC.
Kolcraft agrees that, at a minimum, its compliance program must provide its employees with written standards and policies, compliance training, and the means to report compliance-related concerns confidentially.
The settlement resolves CPSC staff allegations that the firm knowingly failed to report to CPSC immediately, as required by federal law, a defect involving Kolcraft Travelin' Tot play yards and play yards manufactured by Kolcraft for Carter's, Sesame Street, Jeep, Contours, Care Bare, and Eric Carle. The play yards were sold nationwide from January 2000 through January 2009 for between $50 and $160. The side rail of the play yards can fail to latch properly and can unlatch unexpectedly when a child pushes against it, posing a fall hazard to children.
In August 2005, failure analysis experts hired by the firm identified the potential for false latching. In 2006, the firm made prospective improvements to the warning labels, instruction sheets, and the side-rail latch to eliminate false latching in future production of the play yards.
From about January 2000 through July 2009, Kolcraft received about 350 reports of the play yard collapsing, resulting in 21 injuries to young children, including bumps, scrapes, bruises, and one concussion.
Kolcraft did not report the information regarding the play yards to CPSC until January 2009.
In July 2009, Kolcraft and CPSC announced the recall of one million play yards.
Federal law requires manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to report to CPSC immediately (within 24 hours) after obtaining information reasonably supporting the conclusion that a product contains a defect which could create a substantial product hazard, creates an unreasonable risk of serious injury or death, or fails to comply with any consumer product safety rule or any other rule, regulation, standard, or ban enforced by CPSC.
In agreeing to the settlement, Kolcraft denies CPSC staff allegations that its play yards contained a defect which could create a substantial product hazard, or that it knowingly violated the reporting requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Act. Pursuant to the Consumer Product Safety Act, CPSC must consider the appropriateness of the penalty in relation to the size of the business of the person charged, including how to address undue adverse economic impacts on small businesses. Kolcraft is a small business as set forth in the Small Business Administration guidelines regarding size of business.
Joint Statement of Chairman Inez M. Tenenbaum and Commissioner Robert S. Adler on the Vote to Approve Provisionally a Civil Penalty Settlement with Kolcraft.
Statement of Commissioner Nancy Nord on the Commission's Provisional Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement with Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc.
One of five models of the Kolcraft Travelin' Tot Series
One of two models of the Contours 3-in-1 Play Yards series
One of two models of the Sesame Beginnings series
One of three models of the Carter's Lennon Travelin' Tot series
One of eight models of the Jeep Sahara Tot series


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In July, the number of birds in the U.S. table egg flock was 281.1 million, up just under 1 percent from 2011 numbers, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture report.
The table egg flock has been larger year-over-year throughout 2012. With the increase in the table egg flock, table egg production has increased. Over the first seven months of 2012, table egg production has totaled 3.9 billion dozen, 1.1 percent higher than in 2011. Table egg production is expected to continue to be higher in the third quarter of 2012 but to fall in the fourth quarter, and production is also expected to be lower in 2013. The decrease, like that for broilers and turkeys, is expected to stem from a contraction in production arising from higher feed costs.
The hatching flock for meat-type birds (broiler-breeder flock) was reported at 51.1 million in July, down 6 percent from 2011, according to the USDA. The number of meat-type hens in the broiler-hatchery flock has been significantly lower on a year-over-year basis since mid-2011. The lower number of hens reflects the decreases in broiler chick demand as broiler integrators cut back expansion plans due to high grain prices and relatively weak domestic demand.
In July and August 2012, the weekly wholesale price for eggs in the New York market had a short-lived but sharp spike in prices. Prices at the beginning of July averaged around $1.05 per dozen and then rose to almost $1.60 per dozen, before falling back to around $1.16 per dozen by the beginning of September. Since the beginning of September, prices have begun to recover, said the USDA.
With this run-up in egg prices, the third-quarter 2012 average for New York egg prices is now expected to be $1.26–$1.29 per dozen, up almost $0.12 from the third quarter of 2011. Prices in the fourth quarter of 2012 are forecast at $1.32–$1.38 per dozen. This strengthening in prices in the fourth quarter is expected to come from a slow growth in production in the face of the normal increase in seasonal demand.
For more information and statistics on U.S. poultry and eggs, see www.wattagnet.com/marketdata.html.


Our "Badass Women of Chicago History" storytelling event on Friday, March 22 had good vibes all around and a packed house! We SOLD OUT with 132 guests. Incredible storytellers told us about Chicago heroines on the peripheries of history.
Here is Hideout Inn Owner Tim Tuten sharing some history of the venue and most of all, the political situation around the Lincoln Yards development. Originally built in 1881 as a boarding house for nearby factory workers, The Hideout Chicago sits in a cozy wood-frame building encircled by a dump truck parking lot and old brick warehouses. This industrial district is no more, and private development firm Sterling Bay has purchased most of it and plans to build giant glass box buildings. The whole thing is speeding into the process versus having a more measured approach.
Erika Wozniak of The Girl Talk co-emceed with me (Amanda). The Girl Talk is an activist talk show recorded live at The Hideout. Each month they tackle a new issue facing our city, state and country by having discussions with women who are at the forefront of doing some badass work to make the world a better place. While I do tours all the time, being an emcee is new territory for me so it was great to bounce off of the energy of a badass woman!
Tim Samuelson is one badass dude. He's the City of Chicago cultural historian. Thanks to him, now the tale of Nightclub entertainer Texas Guinan will now never be forgotten.
Velma Gladney took on the persona of Bessie Coleman, an aviation pioneer. She told the story in the first person, proclaiming "And I didn't take hell from nobody" when men told her she couldn't make it as a pilot. Bessie Coleman was the first woman of African American and Native American descent to earn a pilot's license. Velma got everyone pumped!
We got to learn from Mary Lu Seidel of Preservation Chicago how badass Gale Cincotta was. This West Side community organizer didn't take s–t from no one and political leaders started to pray she wouldn't show up with her brazen strategies of activism. For example, when her alderman was not addressing the rat problem in her neighborhood of Austin, she and her buddies started catching and freezing dead rats. Then they delivered him a special present!
All the prize donation $ and our Chicago Detours merchandise money went straight to the Chicago Women's Health Center, as well as a portion of the ticket sales. Thank you to organizations who gave prizes: Mata Traders, Glessner House, Game On! Sports 4 Girls, Whimsical Candy, Greg Borzo and Arcadia Publishing, Spoken Cafe, Unabridged Bookstore, Albany Park Theater Project, Back to Print, and Cafe Selmarie.
We ❤ the Hideout. Thank you to all who came and helped make it a magical night celebrating Chicago women in history!


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With patience and positive encouragement, our teachers make use of the St. John Bosco Method of Positive Reinforcement. This method features a loving, patient, encouraging, consistent, presence as children learn with what is expected of them regarding rules, schedules, etc.


Forego making your own sauce, and use a store bought sauce (this one is my favorite) to not only save time, but calories too. If you don't get the one I listed, just look for one that's around 50 calories per 1/4 cup (60g).
Easy chicken curry recipe! From start to finish this healthy Indian chicken curry will take you less than 30 minutes, and it's unbelievably delicious too.


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Metrics for Winning Hearts and Minds
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I often find myself in disagreement with Amitai Etzioni, but he does makes some sense in his recent Politico op-ed on Petraeus' "metrics" for progress in Afghanistan:
The newest way General Petraeus plans to measure success in the war in Afghanistan reminded me of what the government did when its campaign to persuade the public to stop smoking did not make much headway. It stopped counting how many people had had their last cigarette – and started counting how many anti-smoking pamphlets it mailed.
…Gen. Petraeus has outlined five metrics of military success, including: 'the elimination of Taliban sanctuaries outside the city of Kandahar and continued targeting of senior and mid-level insurgent leaders by U.S. Special Operations forces, an increase in the disappointing number of Taliban fighters brought into a government reintegration scheme, the development of newly authorized local defense forces, and improvement in the capabilities of Afghanistan's national security forces.'
These measurements correlate very poorly with what the U.S. is seeking and with what General Petraeus argued to date was what he sought to achieve. Petraeus is famous for his counterinsurgency strategy, according to which one cannot win the war militarily, but only by building a 'legitimate and effective' government composed of the citizens of the country, so that those who would rebel will be enticed to come in from the cold.
True. The "metrics" the US needs to be looking for are the extent to which civilian sentiment is moving toward the government rather than toward the Taliban. But then Etzioni tells us that's not happening – through reference to the same kind of irrelevant indicators (like how many areas the Taliban hold) that tell us something about Taliban strength but nothing about the views of the Afghan citizenry on the legitimacy of the government or US presence in the country:
To measure progress on this front one, would have to know, for instance, that, if following the last election, the public does feel that the Karzai government is more representative and less fraudulent? Hardly. Does the public feel that the Karzai government and its local representatives, including the police and army, are less corrupt? No indication to this effect. Do they feel minimally secure in their homes and public spaces? Evidence shows to the contrary; the Taliban has been spreading in the northern, non-Pashtun areas of Afghanistan and holding on to most of the Southern ones. According to the Afghan NGO Safety Office, Afghanistan is more dangerous now than at any time since 2001. Four years ago, insurgents were active in only four Afghan provinces. Now, they are active in 33 of 34.
Etzioni doesn't cite the data he is quoting from, but recent polling data – precisely the type you would look at if you wanted to gauge Afghan sentiment re. their government and ISAF forces – suggests his interpretation is a wee bit too gloomy. The latest ABC poll from Afghanistan reports:
Sharp regional differences remain, with optimism much weaker in the main conflict zone in the country's South. Nonetheless, overall 63 percent of Afghans interviewed in May said their country was going in the right direction, 66 percent expected improvements in their own lives a year off and 61 percent expected better lives for their children than for themselves. Each is a key measure of national cohesion. Two were lower than their levels last winter – positive ratings of the country's direction, off by 7 points from late December; and expectations for a better life in the next year, down by a slight 5 points. Yet all remained far above their levels in early 2009, when development was stalled and the Taliban were seen as gaining strength.
If Etzioni is right that the correct metric for measuring success in Afghanistan is not insurgent body counts but rather the optimism of Afghan citizens – and I think he is – then by at least some indicators ISAF is not doing half-badly. Afghanis do see corruption as an issue, but the complete report shows this is not the key issue causing disaffection from the government:
Few in this survey, 8 percent, mentioned corruption as the single most important issue in bringing stability to the country, and 23 percent mentioned it as one of the top three issues (peaking at 31 percent in the South). That compares to 50 percent, as noted, calling security the single top issue, and 75 percent calling it one of the top three concerns. While corruption may be a serious obstacle to progress, security reigns as the top concern.
Moreover, the regions of the country where security is the worst are those regions where Afghans report the greatest willingness to work with Westerners.
However there's a hitch in the poll that would support Etzioni's claim that ISAF is losing 'hearts and minds': support for a democratically elected government is declining somewhat:
Preference for democracy as the best political system for the country fell from 32 percent in December to 23 percent in May; it now ranks third behind preference for an Islamic state, 45 percent, or a "strong leader," 30 percent.
As the Langer report also points out, answers to the "strong leader" question (in both Iraq and Afghanistan) have historically spiked during periods of instability, so addressing the security situation in Afghanistan may reinvigorate Afghanis' confidence in democracy as well.
A final note: how useful is public confidence in one's government as an indicator of national stability? I don't know, but for what it's worth, Gallup reports only 17% of Americans trust their government to do the right thing most of the time, and 55% of Americans polled believe that quite a few government officials are "crooked."
[cross-posted at Lawyers, Guns and Money]
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Another war on terror outrage: asylum denied
Prisoners of America's Wars (A shameless self-promotion kinda morning…)


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The belt loops are temporary--I used pop rivets through the snaps to hold the loops to the holster, and the loops are scraps of slightly thicker leather of unknown provenance rather than the proper vegetable-tanned holster leather. The front button part of the snap wouldn't crimp right with the extra thickness, so I wound up using backs on both sides of the snap. I don't like the belt loops as I've got them, but I think I can improve them, and give some adjustment capability without major effort.
I measured the thickness of the slide, and added half of that to the gun for the pocket sewing. Worked out well, except I think I will go a little closer for the bit of stitching just below the trigger.
I'll probably do the next version as a tuckable with clips--not so much because I want to tuck my shirt in, but because I think I will be happier with clips than loops. Clips will give me more leeway around the grip area, and are a bit less bulky. I may also reinforce the mouth of the holster, this one doesn't stay open as well as I would like when the gun is removed.
This isn't quite as comfortable as my Minotaur, but it is also for a much larger gun--The XD I carry in the Minotaur is an inch shorter in both barrel and grip. I'm not used to carrying a full-sized gun.
When we left off, we had 2 pieces of leather sewn together. I finished that holster without taking more pictures, so I will continue with a different holster, this time for a Keltec P3AT, a simpler design than my first attempt. I'm still experimenting, and this time I tried pre-dying the pocket area of the holster back before assembly. I also used a smaller pocket on this holster, since the last one was far too big. I may have gone a little too small, the pocket was barely big enough.
The next step is molding and boning. Get the leather wet--not sopping wet, just run it under warm water, making sure you get inside the pocket. Blot it dry, and set it on a towel for 15 minutes or so.
Unload the gun, make sure it is unloaded, then assume that every time you turn your back, someone might come and load your gun so you have to check again. You will be handling your gun in odd ways, it will be very easy to violate Rule 2, so it is doubly important to make sure it is empty.
Put the gun in the holster, wiggle it around until you have the depth and angle right. The professional, high-volume makers have presses with rubber that does the initial rough shaping.
Although it is not necessary, I have had good luck with doing the initial shaping in a Foodsaver vacuum bag--not only does the vacuum begin the process, the bag protects the leather during boning. The Foodsaver brand bags have texture on one side which can get transfered to the leather, although it rubs out fairly easily. I put a paper towel around the holster, both to avoid the bag texture and to absorb some of the moisture. I also make sure I put the back side of the holster against the textured side of the bag. I may leave the texture on a future holster.
The front of the trigger guard on all guns, and the ejection port on a semiauto are two of the critical areas--these details help hold the gun in place firmly but without excess friction, so they should be deeply and crisply boned. Make sure you do NOT mold to the trigger itself.
Push the leather into these spots with whatever smooth, rounded tools work--old pens, knife handles, clay working tools--I did a lot of the boning for this holster with a sharpie marker and a butter knife handle. Ideally you will follow creases and contours, so the inside of the holster is a close match to the gun.
If you use a vacuum bag, touch up the details outside the bag, with the gun still in place. Remove the gun and dry it off. Let the holster dry in a warm, dry place.
Once the leather is dry, touch up the edges--make sure they are properly beveled, sand off any burn marks and loose bits. Once the edges are good, burnish. I use a 3/8 dowel chucked into my drill press at a medium speed. Rub the edges along the spinning dowel. I've sanded the tip of the dowel to a rounded point that lets me get into the belt loops.
I'm not going to cover dyeing--I'm not that good, I basically rub leather dye on until I get a reasonably even coat, then wipe it off and let it dry. Q tips for the belt slots. If I keep this up, I'll likely get enough dye to dip.
This holster was designed for my wife. She doesn't like gunbelts, so the belt loops are sized for the biggest belt she's willing to wear. I don't think a gunbelt is necessary with small guns It was too tight initially--the stitching along the top of the trigger guard should be 1/8-1/4 inch wider. I put the pistol in a baggie, holstered it overnight belted to a range bag. If I were re-doing it, I would also make the front leather match the shape of the back near the rear sight.
I had her put it on to test it. She forgot to take it off. I consider that success.
I'm doing a fairly simple pancake holster for my J-frame. First step is to make a pattern--I've got a big roll of heavy craft paper which seems to work well enough. I make a tracing of the gun, then add about half an inch depending on the thickness of the gun. (I'm guessing that the actual measurement you want is about half the thickness of the gun--As I mentioned earlier, the P3AT 1/2 inch was way too big. This piece will help lay out the pocket. Also mark the position of the trigger--I made a cut in the paper so I could easily mark on other patterns or leather.
Next I traced the width of a gun belt on fresh paper, and laid the pocket pattern on top. I then did a rough sketch of what I wanted, making sure that I had at least 1/2 inch of leather around the belt loops. I laid out the back, which was supposed to have a sweat shield. (I'll get to that in a bit) Make sure you have adequate clearance to get a good grip without running into leather.
I also sketched the proposed front side. Being a revolver, it should be right at the cylinder edge--too high and it will be very difficult to re-holster. I went a little high, to trim after molding.
I cleaned up my sketch, straightening out lines, and making sure the radii (plural of radius, right?) were not too tight. The ruler I was using had a circular end about the right diameter. I would say a quarter is close to the minimum size you want.
Attach this to another piece of paper (I folded in half, and paper clipped the other end) and cut the back side out. You will have two backs, one of them marked for where the front is cut. I then use a hole punch to make holes at the top and bottom of each loop, and to help align the pieces. Put the unmarked back piece aside for now. and cut the sweat shield off the marked piece to become the front.
Use the pattern to trace the outline onto the rough side of the leather. I do the belt loop holes first to make sure I maintain alignment. Also trace the pocket, so you know where NOT to glue. Cut the leather--A razor knife or tin snips work for me. Cut just slightly large.
Once the pieces are cut, put glue on the rough sides where the pieces will be together. Do not put glue where the pocket or sweat shield will be. Let the glue dry for about 15 to 20 minutes. If you are married, you may want to do this outside, my usually forgiving wife complains about the smell every time I use Barge cement. Contact cement bonds instantly on contact with itself, so you must be careful to get the alignment right the first time. Use a razor knife to trim any leather that isn't aligned on both sides, and any areas where the holster is too far from the pattern. Sand the holster down to the actual pattern--I use a bench grinder for large areas and roughing in, and a Dremel with a sanding drum for final touch up and inside curves. I suspect with more practice cutting, I could eliminate most of this step. This would also be a good time to lay out and cut your belt slots (I did mine later in the process) using the holes cut in the paper pattern as a guide. Be careful to leave enough leather around the slots, especially along the top. I used a 1/4 inch drill bit to do the ends, then cut from the holes toward the center with a razor knife. I have a 1/4 inch bit with rasp sides that I used to smooth the holes up.
Use the pocket pattern to lightly lay out guide lines where the pocket stitching will be on the front side of the holster, matching the marking you made for glue.
Using a freehand groover if you have one, or an adjustable edge groover if like me it is all you have, cut the lines for the pocket. The lines should not go all the way to the edge, they should stop where the edge grooves will be.
Adjust the edge groover to the distance you want your stitches from the edge. Cut a groove from the top of the pocket stitch groove around the holster to the bottom on each side. The top and bottom of the pocket itself should not be grooved. Go slow around the corners, and keep the cutter aligned properly with the radius. Edge groove front and back, don't groove the back of the pocket stitching until you've drilled the holes. For larger guns you may want to stitch around the belt slots, this would need a groove as well. I plan to go closer to the edge with my next holster.
Run a beveler around the edges, especially any back edges that might contact bare skin. You may want to skip the pocket for now, if you plan to trim to fit after wet molding. Make sure you bevel your belt slots when you get around to cutting them.
With a squirt bottle or a wet finger, moisten the groove. Use the overstitch wheel, mark along the damp grooves to make stitch placement guides. Go slow around the radiused corners, and where possible start on the sharp corners with a point of the tool in the corner. With an approprite sized drill bit (about the size of the needle, big enough that stitching can be done without tools to pull the needles through except when backstitching. I made a bit out of a bicycle spoke sharpened with my bench grinder and a file. Works well enough. I use a drill press, the Tandy Leather manager recommended a dremel. Use scrap wood on the back side.
Once the holes are done, groove the back side of the pocket stitching along the holes. I am not entirely happy with the over stitch wheel in the corners, I think I may look for an alternative--the book I got suggested calipers.
Sew the holster together. Tandy sells wooden sewing clamps, but I made my own with scrap lumpber, screws and a bolt with wingnut.
Take a thread long enough to do one continuous thread for each section, if possible. Put a leather needle on each end of waxed nylon thread, and center it in the starting hole. Feed each needle through each hole in turn. I run the left needle through first, pull it snug and out of the way, then push the right side partway through the leather. Switch the free needle to your right hand, then pull the other needle through the leather with your left. Repeat on each successive hole until you are at the end (or back to the beginning, if you are sewing a loop) Try not to drop your needles between stitches, and it will go much faster. Pull tight--the stitch you just did may go loose again, but the one behind it will stay snug.
Once you reach the end, back up for 3 to 5 stitches. At this point the needles should be difficult to get through the leather--I use pliers here. You have to pull very straight, or the eye of the needle will snap. When you are done, run the thread on the front side of the holster to the back, and cut both threads flush with the leather.
The final steps are wet molding, boning and burnishing. I will cover them in part 2.
While walking the dogs, I saw a car with two bumper stickers--One an Obama/Biden sticker, the other saying "At least I can still smoke in my car".


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July 2, 2017 July 2, 2017 | Kaiter Enless
The internet has recently been awhirl with the barbed, blow-trading occurring between US President, Donald J. Trump and the hosts of MSNBC's flagship talkshow, Morning Joe (get it, because Joe Scarborough is named Joe and its in the morning when people drink coffee, which is colloquially referred to as "a cup of joe" – mildly clever) which is generally hosted by Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough.
The hub-bub concerns a series of tweets which the POTUS sent out attacking, "low I.Q. Crazy Mika," claiming that Ms. Brzezinski was, "-bleeding badly from a face-lift," when she and Scarborough (whom he referred to as, "Psycho Joe") had visited Trump's Mar-a-Lago club during New Year's Eve.
Here are the messages in question to provide better context:
[POTUS, Jun 29, "I heard poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me (don't watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came.."
Donald J. TrumpVerified account @realDonaldTrump Jun 29:
"…to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year's Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!"]
Naturally, both Ms. Brzezinski and Mr. Scarborough took the utmost offense to this statement with Ms. Brzezinski playing the swooning damsel in distress and Scarborough donning the armaments of a true white knight; shooting back, just as ruthlessly. I shan't delve any further into the particulars of their feud as that would merely be a waist of time; it was childish and wholly unnecessary. Rather, I should prefer to grapple with the failure of form demonstrated by our most colorful world leader.
The left is most certainly correct in decrying the POTUS on this particular issue – it was wholly uncalled for – and those few, level-headed public commentators amongst their ranks have issued forth a sentiment of, "Why can't he act more "Presidential?" The GOP-right and Nu-Right respectively have decried this position; to them, Trump is, "Sticking it to the Lefties!" He's, "Triggering SJWs." This is a completely ludicrous position.
It is entirely irrelevant whether or not the Morning Joe team deserved the comments they received the only thing that matters is that they received them. This, as previously stated, is a tremendous failure of form, that is, form of leadership which might, itself, best be described as the ability to restrain oneself from any action which does not project those qualities which one's offices demands. In the case of the Office of the Presidency, it demands vision, energy, emotional discipline and a tunnel-visioning of objectives, that is to say, a complete and utter disregard for all that is superfluous to those projects under the leader's purview, both immediate and prospective. A leader in the position of POTUS should be relentlessly engaging in those mammoth undertakings that formed the bread and butter of his or her campaign, informed and modified by the wisdom of his or her advisers. Infrastructure tending, debt reduction, wealth creation, diplomacy with world powers, native political unification, ensuring the security of the US border and ending the sway of the Mexican drug cartels, officiating wars and their prevention where possible; these are the issues which should be absorbing the energies of the leader of the US, a world dominating empire in all but name.
It is irrelevant to all aforementioned "bread & butter" issues that our current president is "triggering" the left or verbally vomiting on annoying news anchors online.
In place of bread and butter the American People have received bread and circus.


i have form with several radio buttons and several input fields.
Found it. It seems that I must hace form validation on that fields and then it works? Why is that?
the reason you are having this issue is that you are using the set_value function provided by the form_validation library to generate the values to be inserted into the DB. You will only be able to grab input for fields that have validation rules because set_value is originally meant to be used to repopulate fields with their original values to save the user from having to retype their information. In this context may I suggest using the input library to grab the information you need such that a textbox with the name "username" will be available through the following method call $this->input->post('username'). Don't worry the value returned through this will still have your validation rules applied to it.
Hope this clears up the issue.


Foods have many nutritional components that nourish the body: proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals and vitamins. The importance of vitamins for nourishing various functions of the body began to be discovered in the early twentieth century: the many benefits of now commonly known vitamins A, C, E and many others. However, twenty years ago scientists began to publish studies about antioxidants, chemicals that do not nourish the body but which help protect it: the antioxidants, of which there are many.
Nowadays, most everyone has seen labels on supermarket products that claim an abundance of antioxidants. What are they and how do they help protect our health?
In order to understand antioxidants one has to understand the mysterious term free radicals. Free radicals are harmful chemicals that are the result of cellular work in the body. Think of them as the smoke when the engines of the trillions of bodily cells work.
They also can come from outside sources: pollution, chemicals in drugs, cigarette smoke, radiation and household chemicals. When free radicals are too abundant in the body they are much like rogue cells or terrorists: they do harm and damage. Think of a car careening down the highway belching smoke and side swiping other cars.Free radicals are implicated in many diseases, and also in the aging process. Free radical technology formed the basis of the modern plastics industry. When we die the body becomes stiff and hard: it, in a sense, plasticizes. Free radicals create problems in the lining of blood vessels: arteriosclerosis is a hardening of the arteries. They are implicated in vision problems, macular degeneration, heart disease and cancer. They contribute to the problems associated with arthritis. If that is not enough they can also impair the functioning of the immune system, that function of the body that neutralizes harmful bacteria, viruses and cancer cells.
It is interesting to briefly examine how these free radicals might be implicated in that dreaded disease cancer. Each of the millions of cells in the body contains coded information, the DNA, that governs replication of the cells—so that we can go on living.
Free radicals can change the instructions coded in a strand of DNA. That DNA strand can then itself become harmful—a rogue cancer cell that then wreaks havoc in the body.
Antioxidants and the immune cells are two of several protective functions of the body that can diminish the spread of cancer.
There are many antioxidants. Like a fireman they pour water on the fire and help neutralize the destructive effect of free radicals.Certain vitamins like C and E contain antioxidant functions, as do trace minerals like selenium and manganese.
Most significantly for all of us they are abundant in fruit, vegetables, whole grains, fish and other healthy food items. Lycopene is an important antioxidant contained in tomatoes. Prunes, blueberries and raisins contain multiple antioxidants, some of the highest values in nature. Nutritionists say that it better to have a variety of foods, and antioxidants because they have different protective functions in the body.
1) One does not have to overdose on expensive vitamins and supplements. Often a multi-vitamin will suffice as well as a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains.
2) Studies show that antioxidants are valuable but they do not necessarily cure disease. There is a lot of marketing hype around antioxidants.
3) Diets rich in poor quality fats, cold cuts, fried foods, and junk foods contribute to free radical abundance in the body. We need to eat a well-rounded sensible diet of fish, lean meat, whole grains, fruits and vegetables and minimize quick sweet and fatty foods.
4) Organically grown foods do contain more antioxidants. For example, Organic Heinz ketchup contains 40% more lycopene than non-organic. Lycopene, one of many valuable antioxidants, can perhaps lower risk of prostrate cancer.
5) The Harvard School of Public Health concludes that a wide range of antioxidants is best, found in fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Therefore, each day we can include antioxidant rich foods in meals three times daily.
1) All BERRIES. One of many benefits: A recent study indicates that berries may lower risk of dementia and Parkinson's disease.
2) BEANS: rich in antioxidants, fiber and vitamins.
5) VEGETABLES, especially dark leafy greens like kale, a nutritional wonder, chard, spinach, red cabbage, broccoli, sweet potatoe, artichoke and red and white potatoes with peels. Eat an abundance of highly colored fruits and vegetables, even a few at breakfast.
7) HERBS AND SPICES LIKE GARLIC, TURMERIC,CINNAMON, oregano, basil and ginger.
8) WHOLE GRAINS: multigrain bread, oatmeal and others.
9) We can enjoy chocolate once in a while, chocolate is rich in antioxidants.


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Priests caught with their pants down have fueled rumors for years that there's a 'gay lobby' in the upper echelons of the Vatican. Now that Pope Francis is said to have confirmed it, what's he going to do about it?
Barbie Latza Nadeau
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Updated Jul. 11, 2017 10:12PM ET / Published Jun. 12, 2013 12:08PM ET
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So, it seems there really are gay priests in the upper echelons of the Vatican hierarchy. At least that's what Pope Francis reportedly told a group of Latin American prelates in a private audience June 6.
The remarks, which were made off-the-cuff and were not meant for the general public, were first published Tuesday in Spanish on the Chilean website Reflexión y Liberación, sourced to the participants in the audience who allegedly spilled the beans on the pope's address. The comments were then translated and published in English on Rorate Caeli, a popular blog among the religious set. "In the Curia there are holy people, truly holy people," Francis reportedly told the Latin American delegation. "But there is also a current of corruption, also there is, it is true … They speak of a 'gay lobby,' and that is true, it is there."
Gay priests in the Vatican are not exactly a new revelation. Allegations of a powerful "gay lobby" in the Vatican's governing body known as the Roman Curia have been floating around Rome for years. There have been ample examples of priests in compromising positions dating back to 2010 when Carmello Abbate, an undercover reporter for Panorama magazine, caught priests strutting around in panties and fornicating on church property with a hidden camera. He painted a shocking portrait of how priests in Rome blatantly disobey their vows of celibacy, complete with rumors of steamy Turkish baths where top-ranking cardinals and prelates met up for some not-so-holy horseplay.
The impact of the gay lobby, and rumors that high-ranking prelates allegedly put pressure and blackmailed some of the gay group, reportedly troubled Pope Benedict XVI in the days before he retired. Last year when his butler was on trial for leaking his private papers to an Italian journalist, Benedict ordered a parallel clergy-led investigation to try to get to the bottom of the scandal and to find out if anyone was assisting the butler with his dirty work. In December 2012, the three-cardinal commission tasked with sleuthing for the truth presented Benedict with a two-volume red-covered secret dossier that supposedly outlined a variety of unholy business at the Holy See, including the gay lobby. Benedict reportedly locked up the dossier in the papal apartments for the next pope to deal with.
Since then Vatican experts have argued whether the dossier and its contents about gay priests was the real reason Benedict resigned. "It seems a stretch that a gay lobby would have caused Benedict to resign," John Allen, Vatican expert and senior correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter, told The Daily Beast last February when Benedict resigned. In a column published on Wednesday, Allen cautioned that there was no indication that "here's no reason to believe now that Francis is on the cusp of launching an anti-gay witch hunt."
On Wednesday the Vatican was quick to distance itself from the pope's remarks. Father Federico Lombardi, chief spokesman for the pope, said that because the comments were made in a private audience, the Vatican had no official statement to give. The event was not recorded, and the members of the Congregation for Latin American and Caribbean Religious, to whom the pope made the comments, reportedly told reporters what the pope said without the his permission to release the contents of his address. The congregation has since issued a statement regretting that the contents of the pope's message made it to the press and distancing itself from quoting the pope. "It is clear that based on this one cannot attribute singular expressions to the Holy Father with certainty, but just a general sense," according to the statement.
Semantics aside, the fact that Francis was willing to talk about the gay lobby at all most likely means that he is already thinking of doing something about it. In his first 100 days of his papacy, he has shunned the status quo and opted for transparency in his actions, speaking unscripted on a number of occasions about the need to stop the corruption and reform the Vatican's governing body. He assigned an eight-cardinal papal posse of reform-minded church leaders from across the world to help him with tough reforms he says are needed in the Vatican bank and Roman Curia. He has also won favor among Catholics for focusing on poverty and shunning the opulence the popes before him have enjoyed, choosing to live in common guesthouse inside Vatican City instead of the lavish papal apartments. He also says he will stay in Rome this summer, like so many who cannot afford vacations, and not escape the heat at the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo in the foothills outside Rome.
If Francis's reference to problematic gay lobby was meant as a warning shot, it worked. "We will have to see what we can do," he was quoted as saying in reference to the problem. No doubt many of the Vatican's governing elite are wondering just what he means by that.